(EnviroNews World News) — Washington D.C. — The frown has been turned upside down for those fighting against the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline Project (DAPL), as the Obama Administration, including the Army, the Department of the Interior (DOI) and the Justice Department (DOJ), stepped in on Friday September…
(EnviroNews World News) — Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, North Dakota — Pepper spray filled the air and attack dogs were deployed as protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline Project (DAPL) turned violent on Saturday September 4, on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. Native American activists representing dozens of…
(EnviroNews World News) — Pawnee, Oklahoma — A major earthquake, caused by the underground disposal of fracking wastewater, rattled north-central Oklahoma on the morning of September 3, 2016. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said the event occurred at 8:02 a.m. EST and measured 5.6 on the Richter scale….
(EnviroNews World News) — A video featuring a man walking with, and later riding a tamed Yellowstone grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) through the pristine forests of Montana, has accrued over four million views thus far. The man, Casey Anderson, rescued the bear, that he later named Brutus,…
(EnviroNews World News) — There’s not a lot that can be said in the introduction to explain the contents of this absolutely hilarious animated commercial out of Japan, featuring mainstream media dominator and GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump — you just have to see it for yourself. The…
(EnviroNews DC News Bureau) — Washington D.C. — The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Wildlife Services (WS) admitted in its annual Program Data Report to having killed at least 3.2 million wild animals in 2015 alone — many of which were large predators. 1,681,283 of that total…
(EnviroNews Idaho) — Boise, Idaho — On June 1, 2016, five prominent environmental organizations filed a lawsuit in federal district court against the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Wildlife Services for killing over 650 wolves in the state of Idaho over the past decade. Wildlife Services is…
(EnviroNews World News) — A critically endangered 17-year-old male western lowland gorilla named Harambe was shot and killed on-site at the Cincinnati Zoo on May 28, 2016, after a four-year-old boy fell into the gorilla pen and was dragged around by the creature. Investigators think the incident transpired…
(EnviroNews World News) — Washington D.C. — A preliminary analysis released May 4, 2016, by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), shows American beekeepers lost a stunning number of hives from April of 2015 through March of 2016. The research was carried out by The Bee Informed Partnership…
(EnviroNews World News) — Nairobi National Park, Kenya — The biggest elephant-ivory bonfire in world history went down in Nairobi National Park in Kenya on April 30, 2016. The country hosted the event in hopes of shocking the world into doing more to help protect the iconic mild-mannered…
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